Package of coreless tube wound bundle of twine



Oct. 21, 1952 H. EPSTEIN 2,614,772

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M a! Anew-X Patented Oct. 21, 1952 PACKAGE OFCORELESS TUBE WOUND BUNDEE OF TWINE Henry Epstcin,. Bmoklyn, N. Y.,.assignor ofonethird to MandeIE- Epstein and one-third to MortonM. Epstein, both of. New York, N. Y.

.Annlicationli'ebruaryZS, iasosseriamo. 145,851-

. I 1. The. present invention relates topackage con, structionsv whichmay takerthe form of wrappers,

containers and holders for wound bundles of rope,

twine, cord, thread or the like,.and particularly to those fitted with means which indicate the inventory of the. package from full to empty, or otherwise.

An. object of this. invention is to provide a.

novel and improved package. structure of the character. mentioned, whichserves as a housing from. which its. contents. may be withdrawn as needed, and in. particular. has provision. for in-- dicating the approximate inventory ofuthe rope,

twine or the like, which was taken from, or which is still. remaining in. the. package.

Another object is. to provide a. package. of the nature set forth with novel and improved in ventory indicating means including a movable 4 Claims. (Cl. 2d2-146') Fig. 6' is a perspective view of Said pointer member as seenfrom the rear ,ofjFig. .5.

Fig. 7 is. an enlarged section taken at 'Iines' 7 -1 in Fig. 1, showing what happens when rope: or similar contents of the box, is being withdrawn.

Fig. 8 isa top plan view of Fig, 1 showing a sealingstrip over the slot of the box top; said,

strip adhering to the free end of the packaged goods.

Fig. 9 is. a similar view showing the said strip.

being. stripped off; said free end of the rope or twine being .made accessible, for it is carried along by said. strip.

,In the drawings, the numeral. designates a box having a flat top I6 and a fiatibottom I1,

pointer along a fixed scale or the like, which pointer is made to move along the. scale as rope or. twine is withdrawn from the package in any direction. I

A. further object hereof. is to. provide such a movable pointer of novel and improved con.- struction, which .is given its motion by a novel mode of operation and does not. require. that therope or twine be withdrawn from the package in any particular direction.

Another object hereof is to provide packag constructions with inventory indicating means of novel and improved. structure, which. are cheap to manufacture, easy to use and. efficient in carrying out the purposesqfor which theyare. designed.

Other ob ects and advantages willbecome. apparent as this disclosure proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a box. housing a wound bundle of rope, twine or the like, and fitted with inventory indicating means in accordance with the teachings of this invention.

Fig. 2 shows a blank of sheet metal or the like, from which the slidable pointer. of the indicating,

. means used. in the embodiment" illustrated in Fig.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the pointerin.

position as shown in Fig. .3.

Which are. preferably flanged and glued onto The. box maybe or any I the body portion. [8. other suitable. constructionand its shape may be other than octagonal as shown. This box, made. of corrugated. board having flat facings,

or of. heavy cardboard or else of other suitable.

stiff. sheet. material, houses a wound bundle of rope, twine or the like; the winding being what is known as. the coreless tube type, made of a single length wound in concentric coils and.

adapted to be unwound. preferably from. center outwardly, first the most inner coil, then the next coil and so on until the entire bundle is unwound. The box. top [6 is. provided with a radial slot 2E1, preferably commencing at the center of. the box top, through which, slot the free inner end 2!. of therope or twine. extends out of the box. The bundle is snugly fits the box. body l8.. Suitable. indicia 22. are. provided along the. slot 20, which. among other things are taughtin my previous invention in. this art. identified in my application for patent now pend.- ing under Serial No. 119,189, filed October 1, 1949, and as an improvement thereon, I provide a specially constructedslide member denoted herein. generally by the numeral 23, which includes a pointer to. travel. across said indicia for indicating the inventory of. the package. describe the construction of such slide member 23, as I prefer. it to be made, and I will set. forth the manner in which it is made to automatically slide along the slot as material is withdrawn. from the bundle H3.

The slide member 23 is formed of aIfiat blank 7 of stifi sheetmetal or other suitablesheet material, which blank shown in Fig. 2,. consists. of an elongated, strip having an. inte ral. tab 24 extending outwardly centrally of a longitudinal.

edge. of said strip)- ,Ihisblankijs provided with I will now" of said strip. The slits mentioned, are denoted by the numerals 21 and 28. The tines formed at one end of said strip are designated by the numerals 29, 30 and 3| respectively, while those at the other end of the strip are denoted by the numerals 32, 33 and 34, respectively. The middle tines 30 and 33 are left alone, while all the other tines are bent so that for the major portions of their respective lengths, they lie in a plane spaced from and parallel to the plane of the middle tines, in the direction of the depth of the channel 26; the distance between such planes being the thickness of the material of the box top IS.

The width of the slot is such as to accommodate placing the slide member 23 with its tines lengthwise along said slot between the longitudinal edges of the slot, whereby the slide member 23 can be mounted on the box top l5, by then turning said slide member a quarter turn so that the middle tines and 33 are atop the upper surface of the box top and the other tines are against the underside thereof. The slide member 23 should be able to slide along the slot 20 with slight friction.

The slide member 23 is mounted as mentioned, and particularly, the tab 24 shall be nearest the box top center, because when the package is assembled, said tab sets into center of the bundle I9 to contact the innermost coil of the bundle. The remote free end of the tine 30 may be pointed, to show a reading on the graduated scale 22.

Of course, before the top it is secured to the body member l8 of the box, the free end piece 2| of the bundle I9, is passed through the slot 20 to lie outwardly of the box structure and be positioned between the center of the box top and the slide member 23, as shown'in Fig. 1. Now said free end piece 2| of the rope or twine, is laid over the slide member within the channel 26, and along and within the slot towards the side wall of the box I5, and dimensions of the bundle and box top thickness are such that the endpiece 2| so laid shall be flush with the top surface of the box. To prepare the package for shipment or storage, it is advisable to paste a strip to seal the slot 20. This sealing strip when pried and ripped off as shown in Fig. 9, will carry the free end piece 2| along with it, making same accessible to the user, as is explained and made the subject of another application for patent bearing Serial No. 145,852, filed February 23, 1950, which has matured as Patent No. 2,580,900, dated January 1, 1952, and which includes such feature among other things. At this time it may be noted that even if no sealing strip is used, the slide member 23 with tab 2 1 within the bundle as stated, will prevent the free end piece of the rope or twine to become lost if the bundle I9 were to turn within the box I5 during handling in shipment or while in storage.

"It is evident that as the bundle I9 is unwound,

the tab 24 of the slide member 23, will always be within the innermost helical coil 36 of the part of the bundle then remaining. If the rope or twine while being withdrawn, is pulled on in such direction by the user, that it pushes against the slide member 23, it is evident that tab 24 will be in constant contact with such innermost coil and the pointer 30 will constantly indicate inventory of the package along the indicia 22. If however such direction of pull is perpendicular to the line of slot 20, or towards the rear half of the box l5, and even if directly in line and opposite to the necessary movement of the slide member 23 along the slot 20, the said slide member will also be shifted along said slots in the direction it need go, because the tab 24 is constantly being hit by the turns 31 of the expanding spiral 38 occurring within the box IE. So, regardless of the direction of pull, whether as shown at A or B, the slide member 23 will always be shifted along the slot 20, in the direction towards the end of said slot which is remote from center of the box l5.

This invention is capable of numerous forms and various applications without departing from the essential features herein disclosed. It is therefore intended and desired that the embodiment shown herein shall be deemed illustrative and not restrictive and that the patent shall cover all patentable novelty herein set forth; reference being had to the following claims rather than to the specific description herein to indicate the scope of this invention.

I claim:

1. In an article of the character described, the

combination of a bundle formed of a continuous rope, twine or the like, wound about an axis in the form of concentric helical coils and having an exposed end piece extending from the innermost coil to be pulled to unwind the bundle, a member fixed adjacent the bundle whereby the axis of the bundle intersects said member; said member having an elongated slot therethrough, extending substantially radially with respect to said axis, at least substantially from the inner to the outer coils of said bundle; the said end piece of the rope, twine or the like, being positioned through said slot, and a slide member slidably mounted on said member for movement along the slot; said slide member having an element extending therefrom through the slot and into the bundle adjacent a side of the helical coil from which said end piece extends; said rope, twine or the like being drawn through said slot as the bundle is unwound, being adapted to contact said element regardless of the direction of pull on the rope, twine or the like or the position of the slide along the slot and thus shift the slide member, whereby the position of said slide member along the slot will be indicative of the inventory of the bundle; said slide being always free but limited for movement along the slot by the innermost coil existing at any time.

2. An article as defined in claim 1, wherein the mentioned element extends into the bundle from the extremity of the slide member which is nearest the coil from which the end portion of the rope, twine Or the like, extends.

3. An article as defined in claim 2, wherein the slide member is mounted across the slot and is provided with a channel extending along the slot; the end piece of the rope, twine or the like, being positioned along and within the said channel and thence along and between the longitudinal edges of the slot and against the bundle, and including a strip of sheet material secured across the slot and engaging the end piece of the rope, twine or the like lying between the edges of the slot against the bundle, whereby upon removal of said strip from across the slot, the end piece will be carried along therewith.

4. In an article of the character described, the combination of a panel-like member havmg an elongated slot therethrough and a slide member formed to include a central body portion having a plurality of extensions from one end thereof and a plurality of extensions from an opposite end thereof, at least one of said extensions at each end of the body member lying in one plane and the remaining extensions at each end lying in a second plane; both said planes being parallel and a tab extending from the body portion in a direction substantially normal to the planes mentioned; said slide member being slidably mounted along the slot whereby the said tab extends through and out of the slot and the extensions in one plane contact one surface of the panel along one edge of the slot, and the remaining extensions are immediately adjacent the other surface of the panel member; the central body portion of the slide member being between the longitudinal edges of the slot, and a hole being provided part in said central portion of the slide member and part in the tab; said body portion being provided with a channel extending from the rim of said hole and lengthwise 0f the slot.

HENRY EPSTEIN.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,076,870 Dahl Oct. 28, 1913 20 1,095,723 Frisoli May 5, 1914 1,246,585 Geraerdts Nov. 13, 1917 

